Pub Date: January 3, 2012
Dewey: 342.73029
LCCN: 2012454618
Lexile Code: 1120
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 05 to 09
Physical Info: 0.20" H x 10.10" L x 10.00" W ( 0.45 lbs) 40 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States Colonial and Revolutionary Periods | School and Education
Description: America had won the Revolution, but the nation's troubles were far from over. In May 1787, delegates from across the country--including George Washington, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin--gathered in Philadelphia to create a new framework for governing: the Constitution of the United States. This "New York Times" bestseller is presented by the wife of former Vice President Dick Cheney. Full color.
Brief description: Lynne Cheney's most recent book is the New York Times bestseller, We the People: The Story of Our Constitution, illustrated by Greg Harlin. She is also the author of the New York Times bestsellers America: A Patriotic Primer, A Is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women, When Washington Crossed the Delaware: A Wintertime Story for Young Patriots, A Time for Freedom: What Happened When in America, and Our 50 States: A Family Adventure Across America, and has written a memoir, Blue Skies, No Fences. Mrs. Cheney is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and former chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities. She lives in Washington, DC, with her husband, Vice President Richard B. Cheney.